T​he 2nd World Beach Ultimate Club Championships (WBUCC) is a global club championship created by BULA with the intent of promoting the growth of Beach Ultimate Worldwide by stimulating National Beach Ultimate Club Championships (NBUCCs).

WBUCC will host 3 divisions (Women´s, Mixed, and Open), with 100+ teams expected.

Last update: May 21, 2023 v1.2

Team Qualification for bids

National Federations in good standing with the WFDF will be requested to express their interest in sending their National Beach Ultimate Club Champion(s) to WBUCC and in which division(s) by 30 September 2026. Based on interest, the optimal division sizes will be determined.

Bids per division will be awarded in the following order:

  1. Beach Ultimate Club Champions as defined by their National Beach Ultimate Club Championship (NBUCC) (see definition below*), will be offered a bid. If the Champion Club team does not take their bid, it will be offered to the second-placed team.
  2. The top Club team´s standings for each country at BULA´s World Beach Ultimate Club Championships 2024 will be the first criteria to determine team´s rankings per division. Results and standings for WBUCC 2024 can be found here.
  3. For European countries, WBUCC 2024 standings will be superseded by the final 2026 European Beach Ultimate Club Championships (EBUCC2026) standings for the division in question (for example, considering the WBUCC 2024 results in the Open division, if hypothetically a French Open team wins EBUCC2026 and a Spanish Open team finishes 2nd, the ranking in Open would be 1 – France; 2 – USA; 3 – Spain…). For all countries that competed at WBUCC2024 and not at EBUCC2026, Club teams will be ranked based on WBUCC results.
  4. Countries that did not have Club teams competing at WBUCC in 2024 or EBUCC2026 will be ranked according to the WFDF Beach Ultimate Ranking list, as published in April of 2026.
  5. If a division still does not reach the maximum number of teams, bids will be granted according to the following order of criteria:
    1. Teams from countries that showed interest but are not hosting a National Beach Ultimate Club Championship (maximum 1 team per country per division);
    2. Second-placed teams of 2026 or 2027 NBUCC using the order criteria defined in 1-4;
    3. Third-placed teams of 2026 or 2027 NBUCC using the order of criteria defined in 1-4;
  6. Each team granted a bid can only compete in the division they are invited to participate in.
  7. Teams from the same club can take part in more than one division at the WBUCC if that particular club receives bids in two or more divisions;
  8. There cannot be more than 4 teams from the same country in the same division;

*National Beach Ultimate Club Champion – DEFINITION

A National Beach Ultimate Club Champion can only be determined through an official National Federation-sanctioned NBUCC. To qualify for a bid at WBUCC2027, all National Beach Championships must have at least 3 teams competing in the division in question and crown a winner between 1 January 2026 and 30 June 2027. If National Championships are held in both 2026 and 2027, the National Federation decides which year to use for qualification for WBUCC.

Team Size

  1. The maximum team size is twenty (20) players for any division;
  2. The minimum team size is ten (10) players. In the Mixed division, a minimum of five (5) women and five (5) men is required;
  3. In the Mixed division, the WBUCC will use Gender Ratio Rule A (“prescribed ratio” rule), and the pull must be made by the gender most represented in the field;
  4. No restrictions are made for non-players, including coaches, physios, support staff, etc.

Player Eligibility

  1. All players on the team roster must be active members of the club team participating at the WBUCC, and must meet whatever other requirements are placed on them by the National Federation (NF) (exception made to what is set in 3).
  2. Players must be at least 16 years old on the year of the event (born in 2011 or earlier).
  3. A single player may not participate in more than one team during the WBUCC.
  4. Teams can include up to three (3) non-club/team players to complete their finals rosters (i.e. players that do not usually compete with a given club team and who are not necessarily members of the NF).
  5. The team roster must be inspected by an official of the NF after being submitted. This official shall countersign the roster to indicate they have inspected it and found it to be in accordance with player eligibility rules and the definition of a club team according to that NF.
  6. Federations should only approve rosters of players who played in the corresponding club teams in either 2026 or 2027 official NF events (exception made to what is set in point 3);

Securing bids

  • Invited teams secure their bids by payment of the corresponding team fee. Team fee payment is due February 28th 2027 and can be made directly by the participating club team or the country’s National Federation.

Important Dates